Kindle 2.5 update pushed back a few weeks for some 'small adjustments'

Well, it looks like you should count yourself lucky if you were among the first few to get the Kindle 2.5 firmware update -- Amazon has now announced that it's pushing back the update for everyone else in order to make some "small adjustments" based on user feedback. Exactly what those adjustments are isn't clear, and Amazon isn't offering a new date for the updated update either, with it only going so far as to say that will be rolling out to "more users over the coming weeks." As far as we can tell, however, there isn't actually anything wrong with the 2.5 update that did roll out to some users, so go on enjoying your social networking and PDF zooming -- if you can.

[TheIndyGamer Posted Jun 3rd 2010 4:12AM]

Does anyone know of the social features are going to be available in every counter whispernet is supported?

[TheIndyGamer Posted Jun 3rd 2010 4:13AM]

@TheIndyGamer Country*

[JGGJ Posted Jun 3rd 2010 6:10AM]

@TheIndyGamer

Probably the same as full browser and full newspaper and magazine support: not existing.

[Timmmmmm Posted Jun 3rd 2010 4:31AM]

Cool, just bought a kindle dx, didn't know about this update though. Does it perhaps bring epub or djvu support?

[bstock Posted Jun 3rd 2010 8:39AM]

@Timmmmmm
It brings some of those social features, as well as PDF zooming. But what I really want is the folder access that it brings. Books can finally be placed into folders on the main window! What a concept lol.

BTW I'd recommend 'calibre' if you want to use other ebooks, it can convert almost any source file into about any format, so it works well for adding files. Also, I love my DX :)

[rk Posted Jun 5th 2010 2:48PM]

@bstock CALIBRE is completely transforms my use of my Kindle. Its like an Itunes (without the stores) for e-books and e-readers. You can have RSS and web articles download directly to Calibre and then sync automatically with the Kindle as soon as you plug it into your comp. Its just great open-source software. It also works great as a personal document management system. Check it out:
http://calibre-ebook.com/

[rederikus Posted Jun 3rd 2010 4:57AM]

The Kindle 2 as it is works just fine for me. I hope that any "improvements" don't mess it up.

[Shanebenn Posted Jun 3rd 2010 5:57AM]

Haven't heard about Kindle in a while... Wonder how much sales the iPad ate up.

[AaronX Posted Jun 3rd 2010 5:57AM]

I thought that was a picture of the Kindle 3, then I realised it was just the DX cropped.

[admlshake Posted Jun 3rd 2010 6:34AM]

Uggg, I've been waiting for the update PDF support for weeks. Now this. They had better have a damn good reason.

[malexandria1 Posted Jun 3rd 2010 7:20AM]

I love my Kindle 2. I've finding it more difficult than I thought to get used to the iPad as a reader, but I still adore the Kindle iPad app. I wish Kindle 2 would add support for Word Docs and improve the PDF. Anyone know how to update Kindle firmware?

[JBDragon Posted Jun 3rd 2010 8:48AM]

@malexandria1

The Kindle will get the update all on it's own when the update is released as long as you have the wireless on. Sometimes you can Manually download a copy and Install it yourself quicker if you want to go though all of that. The Update does Improve PDF support with the Kindle 2.

[MLamont Posted Jun 3rd 2010 11:55AM]

I sort of love my Kindle DX. The Love is fading. Improved PDF support will spark new love as well as the password lock and folders.

Why doesn't Amazon simply make the roll out of 2.5 an option for all users? And if they tweak it and come out with 2.5.1, make that an option as well? My user experienced might be more enhanced with 2.5 even without "small adjustments' over what I currently have.

I am not so sure that I want to know that an upgrade is coming if it is going to take months to deliver. I have been eye-balling the iPad for some time now. I'd rather hold off a bit longer but Amazon is not making my wait worthwhile.

I have been wasting my time looking for the upgrade and I have been leaving my wireless on hoping that I'd wake up to 2.5. Instead I have been waking up to disappointment and a low battery. Thanks, Amazon, for your smooth roll out!

[morcheeba Posted Jun 3rd 2010 12:25PM]

@MLamont If you've been waking up to a low battery, then you might want to keep it plugged in -- when the update does come, you'll want to make sure it has enough juice to download and install it.

[morcheeba Posted Jun 3rd 2010 12:30PM]

I use my DX almost exclusively for the NY Times. My biggest complaint is the dearth of photos - sometimes it's annoying (when they review a new car and talk about it's shape without showing you), sometimes it's comical (like when an article is all about explaining a missing chart). I did a side-by-side comparison with the nook, and the Times for the nook definitely has more pictures -- and I'm talking black and white pictures on the eInk, not color on the LCD. Why the difference? It's the same content provider; does Amazon charge more for their bandwidth?

[lana Posted Jun 4th 2010 4:31PM]

Ugh. You've got to be kidding me. I was hoping that the update - once they made it available on the site - would fix my Kindle's wireless so I could avoid calling Customer Service... Looks like there's no getting past it now. -__-